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The Division of Forestry was founded in 1911 as the Minnesota Forest Service, predating the Department of Natural Resources and its predecessor Department of Conservation. The mission of the Division of Forestry is to maintain healthy forests. This is done through cooperative forest management, fire management, and state land management.
The department's primary responsibility is to manage the wildlife and public lands of Alabama. This includes: 22 state parks, 23 public fishing lakes, three freshwater fish hatcheries, 34 wildlife management areas, two waterfowl refuges, two wildlife sanctuaries, a mariculture center with 35 ponds, and 645,000 acres (2,610 km 2) of trust lands managed for the benefit of several state agencies ...
A land commissioner or natural resources commissioner is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States.While the duties of the position may vary, their general role is maintaining, protecting, and regulating public lands and natural resources; including state parks, forests, and recreation areas. [1]
The forest was established in 1961 in celebration of the "golden anniversary" (50 years) of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources's Division of Forestry. Grand Portage: Cook: 99,200 acres (401 km 2) Established in 1933, in extreme northeastern Minnesota.
This article is a list of state and territorial fish and wildlife management agencies in the United States, by U.S. state or territory. [1] These agencies are typically within each state's Executive Branch, and have the purpose of protecting a state's fish and wildlife resources.
The Cloquet Valley State Forest encompasses 327,098 acres (1,323.7 km 2); 48,384 acres (195.8 km 2) of which (or 15%) are Minnesota Department of Natural Resources forestry administered lands. Located in southeast Saint Louis County , the Cloquet Valley State Forest is located about 20 miles (32 km) north of Duluth and 25 miles (40 km ...
A new order by the Department of Natural Resources will require hunters to use nontoxic ammunition in 56 Scientific and Natural Areas (SNAs) where hunting is allowed. The order signed June 27 by ...
Minnesota ecoregions map prepared in 2007 by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The list of ecoregions in Minnesota provides an overview to the ecoregions (see also, ecosystem) in the U.S. state of Minnesota, [1] as defined separately by the Environmental Protection Agency/Commission for Environmental Cooperation, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the World ...